pustyy

Pustyy is a transliteration of the Russian adjective пустый, meaning "empty" or "void." It is used to describe things that lack contents, presence, or significance, as well as nouns used in figurative senses. In Russian grammar, the adjective agrees with the noun in gender and number: masculine пустой, feminine пустая, neuter пустое, plural пустые. Corresponding forms exist in other Slavic languages, such as Ukrainian пустий, пустa, пусте, пусті, and Polish pusty.

Etymology and cognates: The word comes from the common Slavic root pust- associated with emptiness or vacancy. This root is reflected in related terms across languages, such as the noun пустота meaning “emptiness” and cognate terms in related tongues. The Latin-script transliteration pustyy is one way to render the word in English-language texts, though other schemes may produce pusty or pustij variants.

Usage and examples: Pustyy is used for physical emptiness, for example, "пустой пакет" (an empty bag), or for abstract emptiness, as in "пустые обещания" (empty promises). It also appears in compound phrases describing spaces or opportunities that lack content or value, such as a "пустая квартира" (vacant apartment) or "пустой город" (a deserted town). In figurative contexts, it can convey hollowness or lack of meaning.

See also: Empty, emptiness, пустота. The term is primarily a linguistic and descriptive descriptor in Slavic languages, with transliteration variants used in cross-language references.